EP0954114B1 - Linearer Dämpfungsentzerrer und Methode zum Design desselben - Google Patents

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EP0954114B1
EP0954114B1 EP99107342A EP99107342A EP0954114B1 EP 0954114 B1 EP0954114 B1 EP 0954114B1 EP 99107342 A EP99107342 A EP 99107342A EP 99107342 A EP99107342 A EP 99107342A EP 0954114 B1 EP0954114 B1 EP 0954114B1
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    • H04B3/00Line transmission systems
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    • H04B3/04Control of transmission; Equalising
    • H04B3/14Control of transmission; Equalising characterised by the equalising network used
    • H04B3/143Control of transmission; Equalising characterised by the equalising network used using amplitude-frequency equalisers

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  • the present invention relates in general to equalizer and cable assembly for compensating deterioration of signals over transmission lines of data transmission and communication systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to a cable assembly according to the preamble portions of patent claim 1.
  • Such a cable assembly is known from GB-A-514893 .
  • Equalization of the transmission channels which are often wire cables, is common in the field of data communication.
  • the desired effect of equalization is to compensate for the high frequency loss of the cable so that the received waveform more closely resembles the transmitted waveform. This equalization reduces phase and amplitude distortions which otherwise can cause transmission errors.
  • Fixed equalization may be used when the cable type and length are constant and known.
  • Adjustable equalization may be used to manually accommodate differing cable lengths.
  • Automatic equalizers determine the required equalization from the characteristics of the received signal, and then vary the applied equalization accordingly.
  • Figs. 1A and 1B Such conventional phase-lag and equalizer phase-lead networks are shown in Figs. 1A and 1B, respectively.
  • the basic equalizer of Fig. 1B cannot provide the attenuation compensation and the desired impedance matching for lossy cables that have a complex attenuation vs. frequency characteristic.
  • a lossy cable typically is more complicated than a simple low pass filter, and accordingly, has an attenuation that varies with frequency in a more complicated manner than a simple low pass filter.
  • Level attenuation equalizers are typically used to compensate for lossy cables.
  • Fig. 2 shows an attenuation vs.
  • GB-A-514893 describes an arrangement for tapping off power of a wide band of frequencies from a main circuit to an auxiliary circuit in an electrical signal transmission system.
  • a cable assembly comprises a cable having a first relationship of attenuation vs. frequency and an attenuation equalizer for said cable having a characteristic impedance.
  • Said equalizer comprises a first circuit element of this arrangement comprising a series connection of a first inductor, a first resistor and a first capacitor.
  • US-A-3 663 898 discloses an equalizer for a transmission system.
  • a shaping network works on a loss versus frequency characteristic to provide a multiple bump equalization characteristic.
  • US-A-4 314 288 shows an amplitude and phase equalizer operating between voltage sources and virtual ground. A consideration of the loss-frequency characteristics of a signal transmission cable is not described.
  • the present invention is directed to a linear attenuation equalizer and a method for designing such an equalizer.
  • the present invention uses the D.C. attenuation and lower (first) corner frequency to fix the design.
  • a curve fit technique has been developed to determine the D.C. attenuation.
  • FIG. 3 A method of determining G 0 for a linear attenuation equalizer in accordance with the present invention is shown in Fig. 3.
  • the method uses the cable attenuation curve, G c , which is typically provided by the cable manufacturer or supplier and can be easily determined using conventional techniques.
  • the tangent line of the cable attenuation curve, G c at a frequency, f 2 , is extended to zero frequency.
  • the frequency f 2 (in GHz) is equal to the data rate (in gigabits/sec).
  • the gain intercept, G 0 is the equalizer D.C. attenuation.
  • the input and output impedance of the simple phase-lead network of Fig. 1B vary with frequency.
  • a conventional unbalanced matched impedance or "constant Z" ladder network as shown in Fig. 4 is used.
  • Z 1 and Z 2 are mirrored about the ground reference.
  • the relation between Z 1 and Z 2 is given by equation (4):
  • Z 1 ⁇ Z 2 Z T ⁇ Z ⁇ ⁇ Z 1 1 - 2 ⁇ Z 2 Z 1 2 ⁇ Z T - Z ⁇
  • 2Z 2 2Z 0 2 /Z 1 - Z 0 , where for a phase-lead equalizer, Z 1 is a parallel RC combination which sets the lower corner frequency, f 1 , and 2Z 2 is a series combination of a resistance and an inductance.
  • the equivalent circuit of the capacitor in the phase-lead network includes parasitic elements such as series resistance, R 1 , and series inductance, L 1 , as well as the shunt (Z 2 ) inductor's stray capacitance, C pcbpads , and resistance, R'.
  • the parasitic elements are typically not accounted for in the prior art equalizers.
  • the linear attenuation equalizer of Fig. 5 is assumed to be terminated by Z 0 .
  • Z 0 is the characteristic impedance of the cable which is determined using conventional methods
  • the equalizer is designed, using equations (5) through (11).
  • L 2 C 1 Z 0 2
  • R 3 Z 0 2 / R 1
  • C 2 L 1 / Z 0 2 + C pcbpads
  • C 2 ⁇ ⁇ L 1 / Z 0 2
  • R 2 Z 0 ⁇ Z 0 / R p - 1
  • R 1 and L 1 are the series resistance and the series inductance, respectively, of C 1 . These values can typically be obtained from the manufacturer's data sheet.
  • L 1 /Z 0 2 (from equation (8)) is less than the stray capacitance of L 2 and its mounting pads, C pcbpads , and no extra capacitance is preferably used in Z 2 .
  • C pcbpads is measured or estimated responsive to the value of L 2 .
  • R' is the D.C. resistance of the inductance which cannot be directly compensated for in the series branch Z 1 . The present invention does not compensate for R'.
  • R 3 compensates for the capacitor's parasitic resistance. The D.C.
  • G 0 is determined by the combinations of R p (which is a resistor in parallel with R 1 , L 1 , and C 1 ), R 2 , and Z 0 , as given by substituting equation (9) and into equation (10) to yield equation (11).
  • Fig. 6 is obtained by reflecting the network of Fig. 5 about the ground reference line to form a balanced differential network. By knowing C 1 and G 0 , the equalizer design is specified.
  • An exemplary linear attenuation equalizer in accordance with the present invention provides an approximately linear attenuation characteristic when cascaded to the cable, as shown in Fig. 7.
  • line a represents the characteristic of an exemplary linear attenuation equalizer-cable system
  • line b represents the characteristic of the cable.
  • line a is substantially linear throughout a frequency range beginning at 0 Hz.
  • Line a is monotonic with a slope greater than 0. It should be noted that the low frequency attenuation for a linear attenuation equalizer is not as high as that of the level attenuation equalizer shown in Fig. 2.
  • the constant input impedance characteristics of the equalizer of Fig. 6 are shown in Fig. 8, for one half of the balanced network.
  • Line a represents the magnitude of the impedance in ohms and line b represents the phase angle in degrees.
  • the equalizer in accordance with the present invention reduces jitter and improves the eye amplitude. Moreover, the present invention uses fewer components and compensates for parasitics. Thus, the present invention is less complex and more technologically and economically feasible.

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Claims (4)

  1. Ein Kabelzusammenbau umfassend:
    ein Kabel mit einem ersten Verhältnis von Dämpfung gegenüber Frequenz; und
    einen Dämpfungsausgleicher für dieses Kabel, welcher eine charakteristische Impedanz hat, wobei dieser Ausgleicher umfasst:
    ein erstes Schaltungselement umfassend eine Reihenschaltung von einer ersten Induktivität L1, einem ersten Widerstand R1 und einem ersten Kondensator C1;
    gekennzeichnet durch
    einen parallelen Widerstand RP, der parallel zu dem ersten Schaltungselement angeordnet ist, um ein zweites Schaltungselement zu bilden;
    einen zweiten Widerstand R2 in Reihe mit dem zweiten Schaltungselement, und
    ein drittes Schaltungselement, umfassend eine parallele Verbindung einer zweiten Induktivität L2, die eine Streukapazität aufweist, eines zweiten Kondensators C2 und eines dritten Widerstands R3, wobei das dritte Schaltungselement in Reihe mit dem zweiten Widerstand R2 geschaltet ist und mit einer Erdung verbunden ist,
    und wobei der Dämpfungsausgleicher eine untere Eckfrequenz (corner frequency) hat und die Gleichstromdämpfung bestimmt wird durch:
    Bestimmen einer Dämpfungskurve des Kabels;
    Verlängern einer Tangentiallinie bei einer Datenrate zu einem Nulldurchgang, wobei die Gleichstromdämpfung auf diesen Nulldurchgang und die Datenrate reagierend ist; und
    Bestimmen der unteren Eckfrequenz des Ausgleichers damit dieser einen Wert im Bereich zwischen etwa 10 Prozent und weniger als etwa 50 Prozent der Datenrate hat, und
    wobei dieser Dämpfungsausgleicher die folgenden Beziehungen erfüllt: ω 1 = 1 / R p C 1 = 2 π f 1
    Figure imgb0020
    L 2 = C 1 Z 0 2
    Figure imgb0021
    R 3 = Z 0 2 / R 1
    Figure imgb0022
    C 2 = L 1 / Z 0 2 + C pcbpads
    Figure imgb0023
    R 2 = Z 0 Z 0 / R p - 1
    Figure imgb0024
    G 0 = Z 0 Z 0 / R p - 1
    Figure imgb0025
    G 0 = 20 log 1 / 1 + R p R 2 + Z 0 / R 2 Z 0
    Figure imgb0026
    G 0 = 20 log R p / Z 0
    Figure imgb0027

    wobei
    G0 die Gleichstromdämpfung ist,
    ω1 die untere Eckfrequenz ist,
    Z0 die charakteristische Impedanz ist,
    C1 der Wert des ersten Kondensators ist,
    L1 der Wert der ersten Induktivität ist,
    R1 der Wert des ersten Widerstands ist,
    Rp der Wert des parallelen Widerstands ist,
    R2 der Wert des zweiten Widerstands ist,
    L2 der Wert der zweiten Induktivität ist,
    C2 der Wert des zweiten Kondensators ist,
    R3 der Wert des dritten Widerstands ist, und
    Cpcbpads der Wert der Streukapazität ist.
  2. Ein Kabelzusammenbau gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Ausgleicher umfasst:
    ein zweites Verhältnis von Dämpfung gegenüber Frequenz, das durch Verlängern einer Tangentiallinie an einer Kurve des ersten Verhältnisses bei einer vorbestimmten Designfrequenz bis zu einem Nullfrequenzschnittpunkt bestimmt wird, und
    eine untere Eckfrequenz, die einen Wert in dem Bereich von zwischen 10 % und 50 % dieser vorbestimmten Designfrequenz hat, so dass der Kabelzusammenbau eine Dämpfung hat, die linear hinsichtlich der Frequenz ist.
  3. Der Kabelzusammenbau gemäß Anspruch 2, wobei die Dämpfung dieses Kabelzusammenbaus linear über einen Frequenzbereich ist, der bei 0 Hertz beginnt.
  4. Der Kabelzusammenbau gemäß Anspruch 2, wobei diese Dämpfung des Kabelzusammenbaus einen positiven Richtungskooeffizient (positive slope) bezüglich dieser Frequenz hat.
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